Tag: curved

Any sword ever made is a result of a series of compromises that depends on the application and the characteristics of that sword. Technology and talent of the craftsmen at that time had a great effect on the design of sword. There are tradeoffs every time a sword design must place one characteristic above another. […]

Why would the Crusaders have preferred straight swords while the Arabs and Turkish armies of the same period preferred scimitars? We know for a fact that the mechanics of the sword has a direct relation to its geometry. In curved blades the angle of the approach or the point of contact on the blade is […]

Holding a long straight sword on a horse back charging fast toward your opponent, the window of striking the sword with its maximum and effective power is very small. The sword has to land with maximum blade contact. Assuming you are a highly skill swordsman and you make that small window, by the time the […]